As the title infers, we stayed here to expose our son to diving and see how he liked it. The Discovery PADI program was perfect for him, the instructor CJ was fantastic. He was very courteous, patient and thorough in preparing our son for his first dive. We will return for him to further his education later this year. We are a Fil/Am couple residing in Carcar Cebu for 7 years now. We go to many different resorts/hotels on the island and as things go, this one was fairly nice. It is off the beaten path, but we liked that. The food process were reasonable so we tried eating in and it was really very good, well prepared, good selection and served quickly. Free breakfast is fine with us, basic and well prepared. Our breakfast server was a bit forgetful, ie: cream and no sugar..... forgetting juices, etc... .seemed she never get the hang of remembering everything everyday. Our male server was much better even offering more coffee upon observing an empty cup. (I know... but not normal for them to observe here so worth note). We also were celebrating our anniversary during the visit and had planned to go to Panagsama beach for dinner, but I inquired at the front desk, and she arranged cake and flowers..... very well done I might add... and so then I asked the chef about some off menu possibilities and she went to the market to get some fresh crab (my wife's fav) so we stayed in and were SO PLEASED with the effort that Jane, Jera and May put into making that night so special. They setup a special table in the area above the dive shop, flower petals and candles all around. A very well coordinated night, thank you to those three and the chef and front desk for a perfect celebratory evening for us. Internet is fine most days, I downloaded many updates and larger files without trouble, but we were in a room near the entrance gate so no signal there... .we simply camped out at the bar when we needed to get online. While at the bar, as soon as we sat down, staff appeared and sat

Data recenzji: 20 lutego 2017

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7,6

Hong – Malezja

Podróż w większej grupie

Pokój Deluxe z dwoma pojedynczymi łóżkami z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: luty 2017

Value for Money”

Value for Money but location is remote

Data recenzji: 08 lutego 2017

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9,6

Kuritsyn – Tajwan

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z dwoma pojedynczymi łóżkami z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 3. Miesiąc pobytu: styczeń 2017

Great place for vacation”

If you want to have a relaxed time at the remote place - this hotel is the one to consider. Nice swimming pool, great staff, beach for snorkeling. Food is a bit pricey, but it's a price for a nice location. Things that could be improved: better water pressure and "do not disturb" sign in the room.

Data recenzji: 01 lutego 2017

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8,8

Chun – Singapur

Rodziny z małymi dziećmi

Pokój typu King

Nocy pobytu: 3. Miesiąc pobytu: styczeń 2017

Excellent sea activities for family with young kids”

Pros:
1. Very friendly and professional staff
2. Reasonably priced meals, a tuna steak or grill squids as main course is about USD6-8 per meal
3. Great corals around the hotel for snokerling and kayaking. I even saw a wild sea turtle by snokerling around the hotel beach
4. 90min drive to Oslob to watch whale sharks
5. 30min drive to Kawasan Falls to see the waterfalls
Cons:
1. Rather far away, 3-3.5 hr drive from Cebu airport
2. Its in a province and internet connection is poor. Whatsapp and Facebook are fine, but dont expect to watch movies on your labtop or ipad

Data recenzji: 31 stycznia 2017

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6,0

Jeff – Stany Zjednoczone

Rodziny ze starszymi dziećmi

Pokój Deluxe z 2 łóżkami pojedynczymi z widokiem na morze

Nocy pobytu: 4. Miesiąc pobytu: styczeń 2017

Nice place for a quiet week.”

It was an enjoyable trip. We'll likely be back again.

Data recenzji: 29 stycznia 2017

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7,2

Antti – Finlandia

Indywidualni podróżujący

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 3. Miesiąc pobytu: styczeń 2017

Too much problems for the price.”

Good but expensive. Water pressure on the shower was very very weak and I asked them to fix it and they said they will tomorrow but nothing happend. Wifi problems all the time.

Data recenzji: 29 stycznia 2017

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10,0

Stefan – Szwecja

Rodziny ze starszymi dziećmi

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na basen

Nocy pobytu: 3. Miesiąc pobytu: grudzień 2016

Very nice and proffesional diveinstructors, Very nice roms and food”

Very nice and helpfull staff.
Calm and nice environment

Data recenzji: 29 grudnia 2016

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10,0

rave – Singapur

Podróż w większej grupie

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na basen

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: grudzień 2016

Leisure Trip.”

Suitable for holiday if you want to relax. Turtle Bay is a very quiet resort for y'all that want to enjoy without any disturb. Staff is very friendly and easy going.

Data recenzji: 07 grudnia 2016

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9,2

Amy – Korea Południowa

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Pokój Deluxe trzyosobowy z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 3. Miesiąc pobytu: październik 2016

Beautiful!”

We had a wonderful time. The workers are kind and friendly. We loved every moment and never got tired of the view.

Data recenzji: 29 października 2016

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2,4

Martijn – Holandia

Rodziny z małymi dziećmi

Pokój Deluxe trzyosobowy z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 1. Miesiąc pobytu: sierpień 2016

Very bad stay”

We booked at garden view first for 3 nights but cancelled the last 2. Receptionist was constant gone, nowhere to be found. Thé room was poor, the curtains were terrible thin so we woke up very early and you could see right through. The biljarttable, soccertable en tennistable were not to be used because of the filthy place and lots of birdpoop. The Pool looked very dirty. Disgusting. The resort was so far away from other resorts or nearest town, you had to Hire a trycicle. Road was very bad also. The only food we could get, was deepfried and the Wifi was not working at all. Very hard to book other nights for the rest of our holiday. For us, this was absolutely not worth for 4-stars! Too much money for this place.

Data recenzji: 20 sierpnia 2016

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8,0

Ting – Tajwan

Rodziny z małymi dziećmi

Pokój Deluxe trzyosobowy z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: lipiec 2016

Nice beach for diving”

Relexing hotel

Data recenzji: 16 sierpnia 2016

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7,6

Rene – Niemcy

Rodziny ze starszymi dziećmi

Pokój rodzinny o podwyższonym standardzie

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: lipiec 2016

Nice, but not worth the money.”

Nice hotel at the coastfront, large pool, friendly staff.
But for that price range I would expect better breakfast, free bottled water in the room and a but more maintenance in garden and pool area. Also the dive equipment was worn out and the finimeter did not even work. Also we were ripped off with laundry so make shure you see scale.

Data recenzji: 03 sierpnia 2016

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6,8

Sophie – Wielka Brytania

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój typu King

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: maj 2016

Divers paradise”

This is a hidden gem for divers. It was a little tricky to find so its recommended to arrange a driver in advance (usually 3000 pesos)
Anne Marie will greet you at the reception and take you to your room. The room is very spacious and clean. Stayed in room 12 which had a lovely view looking out to the sea. The Aircon was not working but Anne Marie managed to fix it promptly with the owner, Fe's instruction and even put a fan in the room.
Lucky enough to have a lovely and inspirational chat with Fe during dinner about how her resort came about. Food was really well done by the chef, Emma and service was friendly and prompt, thanks to cesar, Paul, jelenni. Breakfast was alright - local dishes, eggs, toast, cereal and bread. Sufficient to keep our bellies full! Lunch and dinner was fantastic! The price was a little more but after talking to Fe, we felt it was alright to pay a little extra as we know it's towards a good purpose, everything goes back to the resort and training her staff to become better skilled. this resort also cares much about the environmental issues around and for the community as well.
Diving was fantastic - you only need to go 15-20 meters if that to see turtles and shoal of sardines. The dive masters really know what they are doing and Are very familiar with the area, its a trustworthy dive centre. cj, robin and the other dive masters made it easy. Equipment were well intact. Very pleased with the dive shop and the care they gave us. Thanks CJ and robin!
Overall good experience. If you are looking to shut off from the world (they have wifi but not strong reception as is with every resort in the Philippines) and want to go Diving then this is the place to go. (We didn't use any other facilities other than the pool once.)
Thanks guys for the fantastic diving experience.

Data recenzji: 04 maja 2016

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7,6

Elizabeth – Wielka Brytania

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na basen

Nocy pobytu: 3. Miesiąc pobytu: kwiecień 2016

Nice resort ”

We enjoyed our stay here. The room & whole resort was really clean & we had a view of both the pool & the sea from our balcony.
The breakfast was ok. It was never really warm & was just as you would expect mass produced food to be but it was fine for the few days we were there.
We never ate at the restaurant to comment on any of the other food.
The only problem we had was when we ordered an automatic scooter. The receptionist called & we had to wait half an hour & when the bike arrived it was semi automatic so we couldn't drive it. Instead of telling us they didn't have what we asked for. Had to then wait another 10 minutes for a tricycle to arrange a bike ourselves & of course pay the cost of the tricycle to town & then back again when we took the bike back.
The little bumpy road wasn't really a problem. We hired the bike for the 2 days we were there so it made getting into the town & back really easy. I would recommend getting a. I've if you can to save on the tricycles to & from the hotel

Data recenzji: 27 kwietnia 2016

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7,2

BEE – Singapur

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na basen

Nocy pobytu: 5. Miesiąc pobytu: kwiecień 2016

Nice resort which always made us felt welcome”

We stayed at turtle bay dive resort for 6days. The room was spacious and clean and the resort was nice. The staff was friendly and always greeted us with a smile. We felt welcomed. The dive center was easily accessible within the resort and the staff was helpful and friendly too. Location of the resort was some distance away from the restaurants so we had to take a tuk tuk out for meals on some nights, otherwise you could just settle for ur meals within the resort. The restaurant offers quite a variety of food with generous portion sufficient to share between two. Overall, we enjoyed our stay and would not hesitate to recommend it to our friends.

Data recenzji: 14 kwietnia 2016

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8,8

Marcus – Szwecja

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój typu King

Nocy pobytu: 3. Miesiąc pobytu: luty 2016

Good value, good place to stay”

nice and clean, spacious room and comfortable bed, friendly staff, good location but a bit remote, ok restaurant, good reef for snorkeling less than 50m out from the resort

Data recenzji: 09 marca 2016

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7,2

Diane – Kanada

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na basen

Nocy pobytu: 4. Miesiąc pobytu: luty 2016

Peaceful but isolated.”

Nice hotel, clean good size rooms, great pool. Included breakfast was very disappointing, buffet style, plates frequently empty and food always cold. Lousy service in the dining room, waiters nowhere to be seen. Problem is if you want to eat elsewhere, you must order some transport from the desk since you are at least 3 kilometres from the nearest facility. Ocean front but no real beach. Did not use the dive shop.

Data recenzji: 22 lutego 2016

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6,8

Mark – Kanada

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na morze

Nocy pobytu: 4. Miesiąc pobytu: luty 2016

Nice place to stay in Moalboal”

It is a very nice resort, well decorated and maintained. The pool is good and the food at the resort restaurant is good but a little pricy. Most rooms are comfortable. However, a sponge matress, low or weak water preassure for showers and an undersized air conditioner for the room made it difficult to sleep at night.. The TV was above the window so your looking up 6 feet in the air to watch a program at night or news in the morning. Over all a good experience.

Data recenzji: 20 lutego 2016

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7,2

Kenneth – Stany Zjednoczone

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na basen

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: luty 2016

Great for divers”

The food was satisfactory . Breakfast was poor and WiFi ,satellite is poor also. Staff is great and is a beautiful facility. My wife is pregnant so we didn't dive and that is the only way I would return is to dive.

Data recenzji: 20 lutego 2016

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7,6

Fiona – Wielka Brytania

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój typu King

Nocy pobytu: 5. Miesiąc pobytu: styczeń 2016

Very nice resort”

Lovely and peaceful, little bit isolated

Data recenzji: 24 stycznia 2016

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9,7

Vadims – Łotwa

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Pokój Deluxe z dwoma pojedynczymi łóżkami z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 3. Miesiąc pobytu: listopad 2015

Beautiful place. Too many turtles in the sea.”

Silence and nature. Good dive centre.

Data recenzji: 10 grudnia 2015

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6,3

Jinkie – Filipiny

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: listopad 2015

quiet and nice ambience”

services, room,

good

Data recenzji: 25 listopada 2015

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5,0

Pamela – Filipiny

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na basen

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: październik 2015

Overpriced hotel”

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Hotel is too far from the city and not worth the 2 to 3 hours of travel. It is also far from Oslob so this is not the best place to see whale sharks.
Hotel's dive center has only a limited package for beginners and does not always offer a boat trip to see the other islands.
The room is fine but there are other resorts that have better rooms and amenities at lesser cost.

Data recenzji: 29 października 2015

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9,0

Geoffrey – Nowa Zelandia

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na morze

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: lipiec 2015

For peace and quiet and away from it all ”

Location looking out to the ocean from our deck.... Accommodation modern and well kept gardens.... Good for diving and snorkelling but also just lazing around the pool... The breakfast was good

We just spent two days there as we only live one kilometre away so it was just for a birthday break and suited our needs very well.... We dined out from the resort as prices are much cheaper in town at least half the price... If they reduced their price I expect more people would dine in...
There was a mini bar in the rooms but I don't like the idea of paying 100 pesos corkage to drink your own wine or beer in your own accommodation... Fair enough if at the restaurant but not in your own room....
Internet was not posible in our room but not a major for us...
If you want a pleasant peaceful stay in Moalboal then I do indeed recommend the Turtle Bay Dive Resort as we have been to many local resorts in the area and this is in the top five....

Data recenzji: 01 sierpnia 2015

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7,0

Marko – Finlandia

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój rodzinny o podwyższonym standardzie

Nocy pobytu: 4. Miesiąc pobytu: kwiecień 2015

Beautiful, relaxing and peaceful resort”

Nice pool, peaceful area, good diving sites

This resort is very beautiful with nice big swimming pool and gardens. Isolated area with no shops or anything else near. Food is average and expensive. Not enough water bottles in the rooms. They have refillable bottles but no guarantee how safe is that to drink. Staff is friendly.
Many good diving sites nearby. Divers beware, check your rental equipment before going into boat/water. Many safety issues with non-working requlators etc!

Data recenzji: 07 maja 2015

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4,7

joanna – Filipiny

Rodziny ze starszymi dziećmi

Pokój Deluxe trzyosobowy z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: kwiecień 2015

Not good”

The pool was nice

The food was expensive, the airconditioning didnt work properly.

Data recenzji: 05 kwietnia 2015

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6,0

Steve – Australia

Indywidualni podróżujący

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 4. Miesiąc pobytu: marzec 2015

Pleasant but Expensive”

Diving, Location, Facilities

Enjoyed our stay. Great diving and dive team. Poor quality of food and the prices of things put me off what was otherwise a really good stay. Diving was pricey and food was basically Western prices but not western standard. Went out on all but 1 occasion to avoid feeling 'fleeced'. Also faced a long and VERY bumpy trike ride every time, but faced with that or paying way above Phils standard for food, I'll kake the bone breaking trike every time. Breakfast was good and included thank goodness. FYI in general MoalBoal was pricey compared to other dive destinations which are equal or better. I wouldn't bother returning

Data recenzji: 30 marca 2015

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8,0

Mark – Wielka Brytania

Indywidualni podróżujący

Pokój rodzinny o podwyższonym standardzie

Nocy pobytu: 6. Miesiąc pobytu: luty 2015

Diving accommodation at its best.”

Value for Money, Great access to diving, Friendly Staff

Couldn't fault a thing, especially at the price point.

Data recenzji: 25 lutego 2015

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5,3

Evan – Australia

Podróż z partnerem

Apartament rodzinny Deluxe z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: luty 2015

Understaffed, and staff seriously need training. ”

the grounds.

average.

Data recenzji: 17 lutego 2015

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6,3

Peter – Australia

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na morze

Nocy pobytu: 4. Miesiąc pobytu: luty 2015

Over priced”

Location, location location

The food and cooking was poor; some of the serving staff could not remember 2 things together. Nice setting and grounds, quiet, staff helpful. At best 3 star......no more

Data recenzji: 15 lutego 2015

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7,7

Justin – Australia

Indywidualni podróżujący

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na morze

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: styczeń 2015

relaxing stay at pleasant resort ”

on premises dive operator, family friendly and owner operated

Convenient having a dive school on room doorstep, allowing breakfast at relaxed pace before morning dives. The owners Faye and Chris were around and happy to talk with you about things to see and do in Moalboal (and apologetic about temporary noise while they are renovating part of the property). The resort grounds are very well maintained including a small kid's playground and the pool is nice too. Rooms are basic but furnished nicely and very clean.

Data recenzji: 14 stycznia 2015

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4,3

Florence – Francja

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe trzyosobowy z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 5. Miesiąc pobytu: grudzień 2014

Not That good”

Décent food. Good diving material.

A little disappointed.

Data recenzji: 06 stycznia 2015

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10,0

Nicole – Nowa Zelandia

Indywidualni podróżujący

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: czerwiec 2014

My home in Cebu”

Staff, diving, location

I went to the Turtle Bay Dive resort on two separate occasions to complete my Padi open water dive cert. The staff were incredibly friendly and made me feel at home :) The diving experience was unreal; My instructor (Henry Abrenica) was great! He was professional, friendly and very informative.

Data recenzji: 28 lipca 2014

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9,7

Thelma – Irlandia

Indywidualni podróżujący

Pokój Deluxe z dwoma pojedynczymi łóżkami z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 3. Miesiąc pobytu: marzec 2014

relaxing in beautiful surroundings”

superb gardens, diving, friendliness and efficiency of staff

a wonderful relaxing holiday with good food and lots of superb adventures nearby.

Data recenzji: 17 marca 2014

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7,0

Bart – Belgia

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na basen

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: luty 2014

Relaxing, quiet and comfortable stay”

Kayaks, Easy access to ocean, nice rooms

- Food is reasonably priced (despite the many reviews stating differently), as a main dish varies between 200 and 450, which is I think is in line with most resorts in Phils.
- On the other side, drinks are extremely expensive!! and mostly more expensive than what you would pay in US or EU... Coke/Sprite is priced 80 pesos (which is the cheapest drink they offer!), which you can also buy in the stores in the neighboorhood for about 10 to 13 pesos. I recommend the food, but make sure you have your own drinks with you.
- Swimming pool, garden and room comfort: very nice! (tv also has all channels)
- WIFI: Most resorts in Phils struggle with this aspect and Turtly Bay is one of them. If you have work to do or emails to check..better make sure you have alternative ways to connect.
- Kayaks for rent at 100 pesos per hour: ok
- We did not dive, so no feedback on that from us
- Nice bar
- Terrible service during breakfast. Staff is mostly making jokes and laughing in the kitchen. There were 4 rooms occupied during our stay and they were 4 staff to serve the breakfast. Still, after half an hour waiting, they cam back to go through our order (which is 3 choices basically) because they forgot what we ordered. Then they bring the food in 6 or 7 steps, where they again forget a lot of stuff and then, when I ordered pouched egg (which is one of the choices on their menu), they brought fried egg.
- The person to go to with ALL your questions is Randy, the security guard. He is aware of everything and can help you also with kayaks and transportation. Thumbs up for this stand-up guy! Rest of the staff is a little bit helpless.

Data recenzji: 01 marca 2014

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7,3

Daniel – Szwajcaria

Rodziny ze starszymi dziećmi

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na morze

Nocy pobytu: 5. Miesiąc pobytu: grudzień 2013

a very relaxed, quiet and casual family run hotel ”

friendly owners and employees, good dive shop and quiet surrroundings

We truly enjoyed this place and celebrated a nice New Year's party down at the dive jetty.
Very good and attentive divemasters, well equipped dive shop. A great experience!
Service in the restaurant slow at times, but very friendly staff!

Data recenzji: 11 stycznia 2014

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8,0

Amandine – Francja

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój rodzinny o podwyższonym standardzie

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: grudzień 2013

Amazing snorkeling in front of the hotel”

snorkeling, swimming pool, food

We stayed at Turtle Bay Dive Resort for 2 days. Dive shop is very professional and not particularly more expensive than other places. It is very easy to go diving but also snorkeling and you can see amazing turtles just in front of hotel. During the day the hotel is very quiet most of the people go diving and either swimming pool or beach are really enjoyable. Rooms are big and clean. The BF is a bit disappointing and could be improved. Staff are vey helpful even though the service especially for lunch & diner can be very slow (at least one hour wait but you can pre order). But very smiley always ready to help to arrange the best for you. We will definitely recommend and go back to Turtle Bay Resort.

Data recenzji: 02 stycznia 2014

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6,0

Joyce – Singapur

Podróż w większej grupie

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na morze

Nocy pobytu: 5. Miesiąc pobytu: sierpień 2013

Lovely dive holiday”

Awesome dive crew, accommodating staff,

Considering that our sole purpose to Moalboal, Cebu was to dive and to visit the whale shark at Oslob, Turtle Bay Dive Resort proved to be a good, albeit relatively pricey, place of accommodation during our 5-night stay.
The accommodation at Turtle Bay is clean and adequate, the furnishing basic and functional. A good point to note though is that their qualifiers for rooms with a sea view is quite a stretch; I think there's only one villa with a proper sea view. The property is rather spacious, with plenty of room for kids to run around and the pool is sufficient.
There aren't much choices for breakfast so best not be fussy. That said, the rest of the food offerings at the resort need dire improvement. Many of our meals were overpowered with lashings of salt. We were diving 3-4 times daily and it didn't make sense to head out for lunch, hence we had to dine in almost all afternoons. The staff were most accommodating though. As we were lazy to get out of our wet wetsuits in between dives and we're not allowed to dine in the restaurant with our wet wetsuits, the staff indulged our request to have our meals in the garden cabana. On the night when we ended our diving late with a night dive and had to wake up early for our Oslob whale shark diving expedition, they even managed to work out with a local pizza place to have pizza delivered for our dinner so we could save the hassle of going out of the resort.
The resort's location meant we were close to many interesting dive sites; the house reef especially is spectacular during nightfall. The dive team at Turtle Bay were exemplary and fantastic, and were able to accommodate to the diverse range of diving skills of our entourage.
Apart from the bad food and my biggest pet peeve that they don't provide complimentary bottles of water for guests, our stay at Turtle Bay Dive Resort was a pleasant one, made memorable by some awesome diving experiences.

Data recenzji: 09 września 2013

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7,3

Ladas – Australia

Rodziny ze starszymi dziećmi

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na morze

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: lipiec 2013

Peaceful, ”

Dive Instructors, Staff Friendlyness, Clean Resort

This is the "off" season for dive resorts in Moalboal, where normally everything is running at half speed, but the staff on hand were plentiful, helpful and smiling. The two young (well compared to me they were young) dive instructors were helpful, their English was perfectly understandable, and they were very patient with my two sons (11 and 16)

Data recenzji: 12 lipca 2013

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6,0

Gary – Wielka Brytania

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na morze

Nocy pobytu: 4. Miesiąc pobytu: grudzień 2012

Good place to meet new friend!”

Friendly, relaxing, good pool area

We had a relaxing stay at the resort.
# We did an intro to diving course, which we really enjoyed. The schnorkelling around the resort was fabulous too, and was lovely to finish a good day in the sea at the bar next to the pool - although I've never drunk a stranger mojito in my life!! No mint or rum, but lemonade and vodka! Tasted quite nice though.
My husband tells me the spa was nice (although they thought he was a lady), and we had good fun playing table tennis one afternoon.
As the resort was far from anywhere accessible you were given the option to go full board - which we did. This had it's ups and downs. Dinner was a good place to meet other people and we made great friends. Dinner got very boring, though after the first few nights. We ventured out with our new friends on the final night and found we were paying very expensive rates for essentially mediocre food. Generally, not a bad experience.

Data recenzji: 03 lipca 2013

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8,0

Edwin – Stany Zjednoczone

Rodziny ze starszymi dziećmi

Apartament rodzinny Deluxe z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 3. Miesiąc pobytu: kwiecień 2013

relaxing”

great dive sites and dive guides.If you want a quiet and relaxing dive vacation stay in this hotel.

Data recenzji: 06 maja 2013

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7,3

Dave – Stany Zjednoczone

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 3. Miesiąc pobytu: marzec 2013

Romance”

Comfortable room, Close to the ocean, dive shop on site

Data recenzji: 09 kwietnia 2013

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7,0

Sharon – Malezja

Podróż z partnerem

Apartament rodzinny Deluxe z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: marzec 2013

comfortable and pleasant”

very pretty landscape, huge room and great breakfast

Data recenzji: 16 marca 2013

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3,0

Gerald – Wielka Brytania

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na morze

Nocy pobytu: 3. Miesiąc pobytu: luty 2013

Really disapointing stay.”

The setting is lovelly and the snorkelling was great

The stay at turtle bay was really disappointing. our stay was the third hotel in in the Philippines in 3 weeks and without doubt the worst.
The place looks lovely but once you get under the surface there are not enough staff and those who are there are lovely but in-experienced, poorly trained and poorly managed.
We arrived and were told no drinks were allowed to brought into the hotel, not even a bottle of water only to find the hotel had prices double what any other hotel or bar chooses.
We had insects in our room a couple of times and the receptionist and barman on duty came to help but surely a hotel with 30 odd rooms needs more than 2 staff on site.
The worst incident was when the buffet breakfast had been left out uncovered for 2 hours and when we went for breakfast the meagre left-overs it was covered in ants. We pointed this out to the staff who said they would deal with it and make us some fried eggs. A couple of minutes later the waitress came to our table with a plate of sweet sugared buns. On noticing the ants crawling over the supposedly fresh buns it became very obvious that is was the same ant infested buns as before.
The owner was sat at the breakfast bar eating his breakfast during the ant incident and did nothing at all to assist or apologize.
The room we were in was a more expensive sea-view deluxe. I think the way the cupboard under the sink disintegrated and the housekeeping staff missed our room on the first day the room is rarely used. It may be down to the very poor noise isolation to the adjacent room. You can hear 'everything' that goes on.
As I already mentioned the drinks were over priced as were the food and the prices for transfers and taxis were all similarly hoked.
In summary we would never stay here again and would recommend our friends also avoided it

Data recenzji: 27 lutego 2013

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8,0

Daniel – Kanada

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: luty 2013

nice hotel”

nice dive spot

nice 4 stars hotel, but resort produce his own power. so, client must support generator noise all day long. boring and not resting. nice dive spot. not far from moalboal, but you need own transport to get out from there, located 2 kms from main road. no roasters yelling around.

Data recenzji: 19 lutego 2013

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7,3

STEPHANE – Francja

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 5. Miesiąc pobytu: listopad 2012

Great place for scuba diving”

amazing location and sunset

That was a cool place to stay. Staff has been friendly, and the room was clean, with free water provided, boiling water for coffee and tea, a plasma TV, and large window on the outside. Aircon was quiet and pleasant. The toilet and shower was clean and well maintained, the bed linnen fresh and clean too, free internet available, with a good bandwidth.
Breakfast was fine too. But not free.
I would recommend this place, as the value is quite fair for the area.

Data recenzji: 16 lutego 2013

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5,7

Michaela – Niemcy

Indywidualni podróżujący

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 7. Miesiąc pobytu: styczeń 2013

Nice Resort - Totally overpriced”

Nice Pool area, good dive center

Location of the resort is quite isolated, no restaurants or shops nearby. Guests are highly depending on services of the Hotel (food, drinking water, transportation etc.) which are totally overpriced. While all restaurants and cafés in the nearby town have free Wifi, you have to pay 100 pesos per day at the resort. Wifi is then slow and only avalable in the restaurant. For example the "Lunch buffet" (without drinks), which was quite poor costs around 11 €. Compared to the regional average prices that you pay in a restaurant or café, this is rediculously expensive.
I don't mind paying more because I am a tourist and stay in a nice resort but you feel like being fleeced...

Data recenzji: 09 lutego 2013

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7,0

LILI – Chiny

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 3. Miesiąc pobytu: styczeń 2012

Excellent view”

Super quiet and good view point

it gets excellent environment， good view，super quiet.
but it is really far from the town, 5 mins drive.

Data recenzji: 08 lutego 2013

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2,0

ANDREY – Rosja

Podróż z partnerem

Pokój Deluxe z dwoma pojedynczymi łóżkami z widokiem na ogród

Nocy pobytu: 4. Miesiąc pobytu: grudzień 2012

Bad staff, never go there again.”

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There are some facts.
1. No electricity almost every day for 3-4 hours.
2. If U bring Ur food(ex. snacks), U have to pay(nonsense)
3. Help desk open only until 22, not 24 hours.
4. Wi-Fi only at help desk (within 2 m) 'n U hv to pay extra 3$.
5. Resort(NOT HOTEL as chief manager explained) is far away from main street. 'n owner using this 'n saying to pay pricy services (see below), 'n we hv no chances to buy or starve. Ok if it is business so do Ur job well, we r all running our own stuff. But if they call tricycle (taxi) they say to driver (don’t go to Eve’s Kiosk – place were U can eat cheap and dive cheap.) And taxi driver brings U to village center were U will see poor people ‘n U will go back to Ur jail-room in resort. Nothing to see, not good spa but expensive, expensive dive.
6. No telephone in rooms, no tv, no electricity, mosquitoes, ‘n poor breakfast.
(Breakfast was buffet, pineapple, toaster, mango, milk with ants, too salty fried egg, ‘n only eatable food – pancake)

Data recenzji: 11 stycznia 2013

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3,7

Janet – Wielka Brytania

Rodziny ze starszymi dziećmi

Pokój Deluxe z widokiem na morze

Nocy pobytu: 2. Miesiąc pobytu: grudzień 2012

Beautiful hotel, impeccable gardens.”

Very peaceful

Beautiful hotel grounds, wonderful view, very warm and welcoming staff who make every effort to remember your name. Rooms a little dated, particularly the bathrooms. There is no beach - only a man-made sandy area. Breakfast buffet and dinner menu limited if you're vegetarian as our party were. The dive office was very efficient. Pool lovely and very relaxing. Overall it is a very nice, relaxing place to stay. However I was disappointed generally in Moalboal - there is absolutely no reason to go there unless you are diving.